I thank the gentleman from California for yielding and for bringing up this critical issue. My father was a veteran of both World War II and Korea, and he taught me, growing up, that there's no greater demonstration of American citizenship…

In this bill, there's already $76 million for Quick Reaction Special Projects, $62 million for emerging capabilities technology development, $174 million for joint capability technology demonstrations, and $34 million for the Defense-Wide…

In closing, I did apply and work for the DOD. In fact, I served in both the Army and the Marine Corps, and in the 1980s, I served in NATO as well as in the 1970s. The mission has changed. Times have changed. We need to change. In doing so…

I think we both have experience in NATO. You serve on this parliamentary committee, and I served in the United States Army in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in the very type of unit that we are talking about today. That unit was…

Over the past few years, the prevailing trend within the Department of Defense has been an overreliance on Federal employees to perform commercial services. Given our Nation's need for fiscal austerity, a problem made more acute by…

I reclaim my time. There is nothing in the NATO charter that says we have to maintain permanent bases in Europe. I certainly support rotational forces. I support our involvement and our obligations to the North Atlantic Treaty…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed. Amendments En Bloc No. 1 Offered by Mr. McKeon Mr. McKEON. Mr…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 301, strike ``Funds are hereby authorized'' and insert the following: (a) In General.--Funds are…

The question before us, in an environment of limited resources, is whether we fund an economic development program for small business. And as a former small business owner, I certainly would think under normal circumstances that would be…

Every dollar wasted in the defense budget is a dollar not spent on defending this country. This is not a program that was ever requested by the Department of Defense. This is a jobs program. I think, given the fact that the Defense…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed. {time} 2020 Amendments En Bloc No. 5 Offered by Mr. McKeon Mr…

My amendment, No. 208, cuts $250 million from the Defense Rapid Innovation Program--or commonly called DRIP--and moves the money to alleviate training and readiness shortfalls. The DRIP program is a relatively new program started by…

The United States military is the most capable and most professional fighting force in history. But while our military is adept at meeting external threats, it has had a more difficult time combatting the epidemic of sexual assault and…

It's my understanding you have not instituted all the patches in the VA system. Is that correct?

Don't you feel that the veterans of this country--I being one of them, and there are some other veterans on this Committee--ought to be warned of that fact?

The OIG indicates that IT security has been a material weakness at VA for more than 10 years.

Potentially, I think that number is about 20 million.

I would like to welcome everyone to today's hearing titled 'How Secure is Veterans' Private Information?'

Mr. Warren, why did you not previously disclose to the Committee that VA has had serious and continuous compromises of systems and data by nation-state sponsored actors?

Reports from VA's Office of Inspector General... have revealed tremendous problems within VA's Office of Information and Technology.

When the OIG, in their report, said that your system got hacked by foreign actors, do you refute that as part of your response?

To inform them that they need to watch out, the fact their--that the system had been compromised, just as any private entity that had been compromised would notify the consumers that they serve.

Mr. Warren, please be reminded that during the course of this oversight hearing and Committee investigation, it is a Federal crime, pursuant to 18 United States Code section 1001, in pertinent part, knowingly and willfully to falsify…

VA's security posture was never at risk.

I really think that--and I think it does require a certain specialization. There ought to be a cadre of personnel that are solely focused on post-traumatic stress disorder and that's their speciality and that's their focus and moving those…